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Housing Cost Burden by Income Group

Renter households spending more than 30% of their income on housing costs and utilities are cost burdened; those spending more than half of their income are severely cost burdened.

Affordable and Available Homes per 100 Renter Households

All Gap Data for Virginia

Virginia Richmond, VA Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 246,882 36,259 58,172 186,500
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 89,795 11,063 21,082 51,477
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -157,087 -25,196 -37,090 -135,023
At or below 50% AMI -177,818 -25,827 -42,283 -161,728
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 36 31 36 28
At or below 50% AMI 57 60 56 49
At or below 80% AMI 99 101 97 98
At or below 100% AMI 105 104 105 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87% 84% 85% 88%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 81% 80% 82% 81%
51% to 80% AMI 47% 41% 58% 44%
81 to 100% AMI 17% 9% 23% 18%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 70% 74% 71% 76%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 33% 30% 41% 27%
51% to 80% AMI 4% 2% 4% 4%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 0% 0% 1%
AMI = Area Median Income.
Source: American Community Survey (ACS) and ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). For more information on the estimates’ margin of error, please contact [email protected].